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To Milroy From BF Kelley Dec 5 1862

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Title	To Milroy From BF Kelley Dec 5 1862
Description	Kelley instructs Milroy to keep a tight control over his troops, to prevent looting and destruction of property. He also asks that Milroy repair the telegraph line between Petersburg and Romney, West Virginia.
Creator	Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, 1807-1891
Place Names	Cumberland (Md.); Petersburg (W. Va.); Moorefield (W. Va.); Romney (W. Va.)
Subject	Communications, Military; Telegraph lines; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage; Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862
Date.Original	1862-12-05
Size of Original	13.4 cm x 20.5 cm
Characteristics of Original	Handwritten; 1 page
Type	Text
Rights	This item is owned by the Jasper County Public Library. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Director of the Jasper County Public Library, Rensselaer, Indiana. Please visit www.myjcpl.org for more information.

Title	RHM_1862-218_a
Transcript	Cumberland Md. Dec. 5/62 Gen M – Please issue stringent orders against maurauding & plundering private citizens & private property to your troops going up the valley our people must be protected against wanton injury & distruction of property. You will direct that the telegraph line be repaired between Petersburg & Romney
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Rights	This item is owned by the Jasper County Public Library. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Director of the Jasper County Public Library, Rensselaer, Indiana. Please visit www.myjcpl.org for more information.
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